Aerotime

JULY 10, 2025

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has reportedly cancelled the “Liberty Lifter” heavy cargo seaplane program. This announcement comes at a time when it has been learned that China is working on its own amphibious ground-effect vehicle. The cancellation was first reported by Aviation Week on July 7, 2025.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

It will serve almost exclusively coastal regions and use existing dock infrastructure, flying 20 to 30 feet above the water using ground effect. However, the company also sees applications in sightseeing, cargo delivery, offshore logistics, maritime patrol, and more. All of these could potentially be developed in the UAE.

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Aviation News

JULY 11, 2025

Aviation News – July 11, 2025 – U.S aerospace companies Aurora Flight Sciences and General Atomics (GA) have been instructed to halt development of their.

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CockPit Conversation

JANUARY 30, 2023

The candidate talked about how insistent the customers were, about how out at the lake there is no actual scale to weigh the cargo. Was he really going to tell me how hard it was to pull that Beaver off the water and then get enough speed in ground effect to clear the trees? You just have to go by look and feel.

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